Amend CSSB 1 (house committee printing) in Article II of the bill, following the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission (page II-35), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider:

____. Postpartum Depression Strategic Plan. It is the intent of the legislature that, out of funds appropriated to the Health and Human Services Commission above, the Executive Commissioner of Health and Human Services shall develop a five-year strategic plan to improve access to postpartum depression screening, referral, treatment, and support services. The strategic plan must provide strategies to:

(1)  increase awareness among state-administered program providers who may serve women who are at risk of or are experiencing postpartum depression about the prevalence and effects of postpartum depression on outcomes for women and children;

(2)  establish a referral network of mental health providers and support services addressing postpartum depression;

(3)  increase women's access to formal and informal peer support services;

(4)  raise public awareness of postpartum depression; and

(5)  leverage sources of funding to support existing community-based postpartum depression screening, referral, treatment, and support services.